
RITUAL 



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ODE 



FOR THE USE OF THE 



Daughters of the 



American Revolution 



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RITUAL 



AND 



PATRIOTIC ODE. 



BY 

Alice Russell Peck, Mont Vernon, N. H. 



PAST REGENT, 
MILFORD, N. H. CHAPTER, 
D. A. R 



second edition 
Copyright, 1911, by Alice Russell Peck. 



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Air: ' ' Red, White and ^liie . ' ' 

(Chapter rises.) 

As Daughters again reunited 

We'll pledge our allegiance anew, 
And stand by the troth we have plighted, 

As we sing for our red, white and blue. 
The hope wdiich our fathers made glorious 

Is the hope that our country holds true, — 
Sing ever, forever victorious 

Our own dear red, white and blue. , 

CHORUS 

Then three cheers for the red, white and blue. 
Three cheers for the red, white and blue, 

Our banner, star spangled forever 

We'll cheer for the red, white and blue. 

Our faith is the faith of our sires. 

Our hope is their brave and sure trust, 
Our love wakens patriot fires, 

Our cause, it is righteous and just. 
Then falter, or fail not in duty, 

To flag and to county Hdc true, — 
Sing ever, forever viGt.ar/bus, 

Our own dear red, white and blue. 

CHORUS. 



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Oh hail to our Star Spangled Banner! 

The flag no true Daughter disowns; 
We will stand by her colors forever, 

Stand for country, for schools, and our homes, 
A badge on each breast, of allegiance, 

A vow in each heart to be true, — 
Sing ever, forever victorious, 

Our own dear red, white and blue. 

CHORUS. 




opening Ritual. 

( Cha.pt er Standing,) 

Regent, — In memory of our honored ancestors, 
the builders and makers of our Republic, and de- 
siring to perpetuate their deeds of love and hero- 
ism in our country's early struggle for liberty, we, 

members of the Chapter, 

Daughters of the American Revolution, are met 
to-day, to kindle anew our patriotic devotion, and 
inspire our hearts to a yet greater love for our dear 
home land. 

Chaplain, — Oh God! be Thou our inspiration and 
our guide. 

Chapter, — Amen . 

Prayer, {Chaplain) — Oh Thou who ever art our 
Inspirer and our King; Thou who leadest thy 
children through storm and through calm; Thou 
who stillest the noise of battle, and makest wars to 
cease unto the ends of the earth; we, thy children, 
bow before Thee in love and, adoration. Do Thou, 
who didst lead our sires across the stormy seas, who 
didst become the cloud by day, and the fire by 
night in every time of sorrow and of stress, lead us, 
their childrens' children. 

Chapter, — Amen. 

Chaplain. — As in days of old our fathers and our 
fathers' fathers, toiled to lay the foundations of a 
government, based upon love to God and man; as 
they struggled to establish principles of truth and 



uprightness, which ever minister to the prosperity 
of any people; as they upheld and cherished the 
best elements of a free government, and shoulder to 
shoulder rallied to the support of their country and 
flag, so may we strive to enter into their labors, to 
the end that this favored land may prosper, and 
we become a nation whose God is the Lord. 

Chapter, — Amen. 

Chaplain, — Hear us, as we unite to bless and 
praise Thy holy name. 

Chapter, — Our Father which art in heaven hallow- 
ed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for 
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever. Amen. 

Regent,— ThQ spirit of the Lord God be upon us. 

Chapter, — According as we hope in Thee. 

CJiaplain, — Amen and Amen. 

Regent,— As the hearts of the founders of our 
glorious Republic were ever turned to the deep 
principles of civic and religious liberty; as they 
prayed that "government of the people, by the 
people and for the people" might not perish from 
the earth; so may we, as a united Chapter, work 
to this same glorious end, that our own land, 
"so beautiful for situation," may yet find her lib- 
erty in law, her glory in honor, and her majesty in 
love. 



I^gent, — ''Oh beautiful for glory-tale 
Of liberating strife, 
When valiantly, for man's avail 
Men lavished precious life. 

America! America! 

May God thy gold refine ^ 

Till all success be nobleness, 
And every gain divine! 

Oh beautiful for patriot dream 
That sees beyond the years 

Thine alabaster cities gleam 

Undimmed by human tears! 

America! America! 

God shed his grace on thee, 
And crown thy good with brother-hood 
From sea to shining sea." 

Chapter, — Amen and Amen. (Chapter seated.) 




Closing Ritual. 

Regent, {Chapter rises.) — Daughters, once 
again this our beloved Chapter has met to pledge 
allegiance to our country and our flag. With loyal 
hearts, and a firm belief in the liberty , fraternity, and 
equality of all mankind, and with renewed enthusi- 
asm for the high principles and lofty aspirations, im- 
planted in the breast of every true Daughter, we 
come to a point w^here we must again separate. 
As we go to our homes, let us keep alive in our 
souls the spirit of patriotism, put far from each the 
selfish aim, and striving to attain unto every wom- 
anly virtue, pass on together, to reach the common 
goal. . 

Our Creed. 
Chapter, — We believe in one God, one country, 
one flag. We believe the fires of patriotism, which 
burned in the breasts of our ancestors, may be 
kindled anew in ours. 

Chaplain. — Amen and Amen. 

Chapter, — We believe in the home, and its bound- 
less possibilities of good or evil for the future wel- 
fare of our country. We believe in our schools, 
and their abundant opportunity to instill into the 
minds of the young the principles of patriotic 
devotion to their home land. 

Chaplain. — Amen and Amen. 



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Chapter, — And finally, we believe in the flag, a 
smybol of the power, the honor, and the glory of all 
the increasing millions in these, our United States. 

Chaplain. — Amen and Amen. 

Chapter, — Therefore, loving and serving our 
God and our country, bound together by a union 
of hearts and of hands, we, as Daughters of the 
American Revolution, do desire, in the true spirit 
of patriotism, to once again proudly hail the be- 
lov'ed flag of our Union; long may we live, and 
love, and serve beneath her starry folds! One God, 
one country, and one flag! (salute flag.) 



(All sing:) 



My country 'tis of thee, 

Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing: 

Land where my fathers died, 

Land of the pilgrims' pride, 

From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring! 

Our fathers' God! to thee. 

Author of liberty, 

To thee we sing: 

Long may our land be bright 

With freedom's holy light! 

Protect us by thy might, 

Great God, our King! 









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